Ecology of the Endangered Herb Scutellaria novaezelandiae
Scutellaria novaezelandiae is a small herb restricted to the Nelson/ Marlborough region. Aspects of its ecology were studied to assist in the management of wild populations. An absolute estimate of abundance is not possible as individual Scutellaria plants are indistinguishable and it grows in small patches up to 20 m². There are probably between 50 and 100 such patches in podocarp-beech forest below 200 m a.s.l. on freely drained alluvium and colluvium.